2019 Maldon District Council election
The 2019 Maldon District Council election took place on 2 May to elect all members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England, the same day as the other 2019 United Kingdom local elections.


2019 Maldon District Council election, Results summary
No Green (-6.5), BNP (-1.5) or Liberal Democrat (-0.8) candidates stood in this election.


2019 Mallorca Open
The 2019 Mallorca Open was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 4th edition of the Mallorca Open, and part of the International category of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at Santa Ponsa Tennis Club in Mallorca, Spain, from 17 June through 23 June 2019.


2019 Mallorca Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


2019 Mallorca Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Mallorca Open – Doubles
Andreja Klepač and María José Martínez Sánchez were the defending champions, but Klepač chose not to participate this year.


2019 Mallorca Open – Doubles
Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson won the title, defeating Martínez Sánchez and Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2019 Mallorca Open – Singles
Tatjana Maria was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2019 Mallorca Open – Singles
Sofia Kenin won the title, defeating Belinda Bencic in the final, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4, despite being three championship points down in the second set.


2019 Malmö FF season
The 2019 season was Malmö FF's 108th in existence, their 84th season in Allsvenskan and their 19th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished as runners-up, the 2018–19 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the group stage, and the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the round of 32. Malmö FF also participated in two competitions in which the club continued playing in for the 2020 season, the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen and the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. The season began with the first leg of the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League on 14 February, league play started on 1 April and concluded on 2 November. The season concluded with the last UEFA Europa League group stage match on 12 December.


2019 Malmö FF season
Malmö FF managed to qualify for a second consecutive group stage in the UEFA Europa League after having successfully gone through the qualification stage from the first round. For the first time in the club's history, they finished at the top of a European group after having beaten regional rival F.C. Copenhagen on the final match day. On the domestic stage, the club narrowly lost the league title to Djurgårdens IF, finishing one point behind in the league table. In Svenska Cupen, Malmö FF didn't make it across the group stage, having lost against Superettan club Östers IF.


2019 Malmö FF season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malmö FF season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, 2019–20
Times up to 27 October 2019 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).


2019 Malmö FF season, Non-competitive, Pre-season
Malmö FF were initially scheduled to return to Bradenton, Florida for pre-season camp. However, after advancing to a Europa League round of 32 match-up with Chelsea to be played in the midst of pre-season, the club rescheduled camp to Marbella to reduce travel.


2019 Malta political crisis
The 2019 Malta political crisis is an ongoing political and institutional crisis within the Republic of Malta following the uncovering of alleged links between government officials and the 2017 assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Keith Schembri and Minister for Tourism Konrad Mizzi resigned following the arrest of businessman Yorgen Fenech in connection with the murder.


2019 Malta political crisis
On 1 December 2019 Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced his intention to resign on 12 January 2020 after increased pressure from 2019 Maltese protests. An EU mission called for his immediate resignation. Constitutional experts, legal bodies and other representatives stated Muscat's decision to remain in office until January 2020 and to have a six week parliamentary recess over Christmas had led to a constitutional crisis.


2019 Malta political crisis, Background
Since accession to the EU in 2004, Malta enjoyed a financial boom fueled by online gambling, crypto-currency exchanges, the sale of EU-citizenship, and a financial centre with a reputation for lax controls on money laundering and tax evasion. According to The Guardian, the country has been used as a gateway into Europe for money from Libya, Azerbaijan, Russia and Venezuela.


2019 Malta political crisis, Background
In 2018, the European Central Bank revoked the licence of Pilatus Bank, which had first been investigated by the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, after its Iranian owner was arrested on sanctions-busting charges by US prosecutors. Among other things, Caruana Galizia wrote about gifts and money from the presidential family in Azerbaijan to Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, his wife and connections between opposition leader Adrian Delia and a prostitution ring in London. She has been described as "one-woman-Wikileaks" and one of the most important, visible and fearless journalists of the country. She ran a popular blog called Running Commentary, which investigated allegations of corruption and other criminal wrongdoing which Caruana Galizia alleged, ran into the highest levels of Maltese government. In a murder plot, she was killed in a car bomb attack to her Peugeot 108 on 16 October 2017.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Yorgen Fenech
Yorgen Fenech served as head of Tumas Group and a director of energy company Electrogas until he resigned from both positions in 2019. In 2018 he was identified as the owner of a Dubai-registered company, called 17 Black. The company was listed in the Panama Papers. Caruana Galizia had written about 17 Black eight months before her death, alleging the company had links to the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's chief of staff Keith Schembri and to former energy minister Konrad Mizzi. The political blogger Manuel Delia assumes Fenech wanted to cover up a bribe scandal, which Caruana had uncovered. Yorgen Fenech's "17 Black" company had spent millions on offshore accounts of several Labor Government ministers, evidence was found only after Caruana Galizia´s murder.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Joseph Muscat
Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta promised a fair investigation after the murder. In November 2019, clues pointed directly to the immediate circle of the head of government in the case. Since his resignation as Prime Minister in January 2020, Muscat is a back bench MP in the Labour Party.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Keith Schembri
Keith Schembri was chief of staff of the Office of the Prime Minister. He is said to be one of the most powerful persons in Maltese politics. Schembri was the subject of Caruana Galizia's last blog post, minutes before she got killed. Caruana Galizia alleged he had benefited from secretive shell companies.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Keith Schembri
Schembri was a successful businessman before entering politics. His Kasco Holding bought paper, sold it to the printers in Malta and expanded into the trade of printing machines. His many clients included the Times of Malta, the oldest newspaper of Malta. Control of newsprint supplies allowed Schembri to often put pressure on newspapers to suppress or promote stories. Kasco also invested in beverage brands, restaurants and luxury furniture. In 2008, Joseph Muscat brought his friend Schembri to the Labour Party. Schembri updated the stale communication style of Partit Laburista. In 2013, Schembri was appointed as the "Chief of staff", a newly created position in the organigram of the ruling government.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Keith Schembri
When Schembri was arrested in 2019, the police investigation drew close to members of Joseph Muscat's government. Schembri was arrested at 5.30am on 26 November by Inspector Keith Arnaud and Inspector Kurt Zahra with no other officials present. Schembri's personal phone had been turned off around 5am, and Schembri claims he had lost it; it has not been recovered, and police did not search the house again. Police released Schembri some days later, announcing he was no longer viewed as a person of interest. Schembri admitted he had a family trust in New Zealand which owned a Panama corporation. Schembri resigned from the Labour Party in December 2019. In September 2020, Schembri was re-arrested on a money laundering charge, a court order froze his assets and an administrator was appointed to run his businesses.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Konrad Mizzi
Konrad Mizzi was removed from his post as health and energy minister in 2016 after it emerged that he had set up a company in Panama, listed in the Panama Papers. He said, he had merely made arrangements for managing family assets through a family trust in New Zealand which owned the Panama corporation and had done nothing wrong. He became tourism minister but stepped down in November 2019 saying it was his duty to allow Mr Muscat's government to continue. In his health role he oversaw the part-privatisation of Malta's health service.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Konrad Mizzi
In December 2019, Muscat gave Mizzi a consultancy job paying €80,000 p.a. plus bonuses, with the Malta Tourism Authority. Robert Abela appointed him as the Head of the Maltese delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. When it became known, public anger at these appointments forced the government into a U-turn.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Konrad Mizzi
In June 2020, Mizzi was kicked out of the Labour Party after he refused Abela's request to resign. Mizzi continued as an independent MP.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Konrad Mizzi
In November 2020, summoned to attend the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Mizzi refused to answer any questions in open court or behind closed doors, simply stating that "As a minister in Cabinet, I always followed the instructions of my prime minister..."


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Zammit Lewis
In January 2020, Abela appointed Edward Zammit Lewis, MP and long standing friend of Joseph Muscat as Minister for Justice.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Melvin Theuma
Melvin Theuma is a taxi-driver from Valletta linked to criminal enterprises and was arrested in November 2019 in connection with a separate anti-money laundering investigation. Theuma offered police information about the 2017 murder in exchange for immunity from prosecution. He is described as a middle-man between the commissioners and the murders.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Melvin Theuma
Theuma had made and retained secret recordings of conversations which he had with him when he was arrested for running an illegal lottery on 14 November 2019, he then used these as leverage to get the Police Commissioner, Attorney General and the Prime Minister to agree to the terms of a presidential pardon within a day of his arrest, with Joseph Muscat signing the agreement to the pardon some three days later without discussing the matter with his cabinet, as per the norm. President George Vella, on 25 November 2019, at the request of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat granted the pardon.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Lawrence Cutajar
Lawrence Cutajar was responsible for the investigation in the assassination case of Caruana as commissioner of the Malta Police Force. Muscat had always refused to remove Cutajar. Cutajar resigned at the request of the new prime Minister Robert Abela. On the day of his resignation as commissioner, 17 January 2020, Cutajar signed a contract to become a part time consultant with the Home Affairs Ministry at a salary of €31,040 p.a., compared to his previous full time salary of €37,946 as police commissioner. The consultancy contract was terminated in June 2020 after revelations in court. In June 2020, Angelo Gafà was appointed to replace Cutejar.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Chris Cardona
In January 2017 Caruana Galizia accused Chris Cardona, an MP, Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party that he visited a brothel with his aide Joe Gerada, while in Germany on official government business. Both Cardona and Gerada denied the claims and instituted libel suits, which were thrown out of court when Carauna Galizia was killed.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Chris Cardona
Journalists in 2018 provided a possible link with the Degiorgio brothers, and in November 2019 a letter purportedly from Schembri was passed to Fenech which may have been an attempt to frame Cardona for the murder of Caruana Galizia. In January 2020 he lost his Ministerial position, resigned as an MP in April and was removed as Labour deputy leader in June 2020.


2019 Malta political crisis, Persons involved in the crisis, Caruana Galizia family
On 2 December 2019, the relatives of Caruana Galizia initiated legal action against Muscat. They demanded the immediate resignation of the prime minister, stipulating that his remaining in power was not to be tolerated by all who cared about justice: "His role in investigating the murder of our wife and mother is unlawful."


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline
On 16 October 2017, the investigative journalist Caruana Galizia died in a car bomb attack close to her home, attracting widespread local and international reactions. In December 2017, three men were arrested in connection with the car bomb attack.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline
In 2015 Caruana Galizia exposed a Ponzi scheme, investigated by the FBI, involving Maltese companies owned by two daughters of John Dalli, a former Nationalist Party Minister in Malta until 2004 and European Commissioner from 2010 until forced to resign in 2012 over allegations of a €60 million bribe. Maltese court action against Dalli was still delayed in 2017 despite the Police Commissioner wishing to proceed. His daughters were charged in late 2017. Linked by Daphne Galizia in February 2017 to 17 Black, Dalli denied any involvement.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Revelations by Melvin Theuma in 2019
On 14 November 2019 Melvin Theuma was arrested As part of an investigation into illegal gambling. Under questioning by police, Theuma made the claim that he had acted as intermediary in the contract killing of journalist Caruana Galizia. When Theuma called for his lawyers, he asked for Jason Azzopardi and his colleague Simon Busuttil. Both are the Caruana Galizia family lawyers and both are members of parliament for the opposition Nationalist Party. The Guardian described both as "the forefront of the battle to hold Muscat's government to account."


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Revelations by Melvin Theuma in 2019
On 19 November 2019 Muscat announced a deal with star-witness Melvin Theuma who would provide comprehensive information about the murder case and other crimes, while he receives immunity.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Revelations by Melvin Theuma in 2019
On 20 November Yorgen Fenech attempted to leave Malta on his private yacht, with the Armed Forces of Malta intercepting his boat and arresting him as a "person of interest" in the Caruana Galizia murder enquiry. Maltese media alleged that Fenech was familiar with Melvin Theuma, a taxi driver with links to criminal enterprises who had been described in local media as a potential "middleman" in the murder.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Revelations by Melvin Theuma in 2019
On 23 November 2019 Fenech offered himself as a witness. He promised information about the murder case and other offenses, in exchange for immunity.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Revelations by Melvin Theuma in 2019
On 25 November 2019 star witness Melvin Theuma was granted immunity from prosecution by President George Vella at the request of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Revelations by Melvin Theuma in 2019
Fenech's defense tried to call the whole process into question. His defense claimed he was prejudiced in public, and that he could not hope for a proper investigation and a fair trial. He argued that the second main suspect, Keith Schembri, had not been charged and that Schembri had built star witness Melvin Theuma against Fenech and paid for it. This was partially successful - Fenech was released on 29 November 2019 before being re-arrested. Fenech called for a presidential pardon, but it was not granted.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Revelations by Yorgen Fenech
Following his arrest and in order to encourage a Presidential pardon, Fenech made various statements and allegations concerning other people including:


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Keith Schembri and other governmental staff
On 26 November 2019, six days after Fenech's arrest, Schembri resigned his government post, and police subsequently arrested him for questioning. Schembri was later released. Schembri, Fenech and Joseph Muscat belonged to a private WhatsApp chat group, Schembri and Fenech had exchanged over 900 WhatsApp messages in 2019. Joseph Muscat left the chat group in October 2019. Fenech and Schembri were long time friends, Fenech having paid two US medical bills for Schembri totalling €24,000 in 2016. Joseph Muscat had stayed at a hotel in France with Edward Zammit Lewis owned by Yorgen Fenech at Évian-les-Bains and received gifts of watches and wine from Fenech. Fenech and Zammit Lewis exchanged 700 messages between January and October 2019 and they went out for meals together.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Keith Schembri and other governmental staff
On 30 November 2019 an indictment was filed against Fenech in Valletta, and he was accused of complicity in the murder of Caruana Galizia, amongst other charges. Fenech pleaded not guilty but was remanded in custody.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Keith Schembri and other governmental staff
Adrian Vella, a personal physician to Fenech, was also arrested. Vella was named as a director of a number of companies registered or managed in Panama. He is said to have served as a secret messenger between Schembri and Fenech. Vella was also suspected of trying to obstruct justice by admitting Fenech to hospital on 23 November, so interrupting his questioning after Fenech complained of chest pains.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Keith Schembri and other governmental staff
Yorgen Fenech, in his court statement, accused Schembri of being the mastermind behind the Caruana Galizia murder. Schembri was also accused of influencing Fenech in order to frame Chris Cardona as responsible for the murder.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Muscat resignation
Joseph Muscat announced his resignation on 1 December 2019 in a televised speech, saying he would step down after Labour Party internal elections on 12 January 2020. He informed the President of Malta, George Vella, that he would be resigning his duties once his successor had been elected. His decision was influenced by the investigation into the Caruana Galizia murder.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Muscat resignation
About 4000 Maltese blocked Muscat and other MPs from leaving the Parliament Building in Valletta on 3 December 2019. The Nationalist Party announced a boycott of any parliament session until Muscat stepped down. Several hundred people from the Labour Party met for a demonstration against the anti-government protests.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Muscat resignation
On the same day, Reporters sans Frontieres, together with the relatives of Caruana Galizia, filed a lawsuit against three of the alleged key figures in the murder case in France. The lawsuit was filed with the Finance Prosecutor's Office and the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office accusing Yorgen Fenech, Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi of murder and bribery.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Muscat resignation
Muscat resigned on 13 January 2020 and was replaced by Robert Abela as prime minister of Malta.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, Protests
Public protests from 20 November 2019 until 16 December 2019 were a major contributor in forcing the resignation of Joseph Muscat.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Panama papers
The April 2016 leak of the 11.5 million Panama Papers was being investigated by journalists including Daphne Caruana Galizia, who had accused the prime minister's chief of staff, Keith Schembri and tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi with graft linked to Panamanian companies. Yorgen Fenech was identified by work undertaken by Daphne Caruana Galizia and other investigators as the owner of a Dubai corporation, 17 Black Ltd which reportedly received millions from an Azerbaijani national and it was 17 Black that was due to make payments to Panama corporations owned by Schembri and Mizzi, of €5,000 per day.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Panama papers
Concessions were granted to Azerbaijani figures in relation to a proposed power station construction project in Malta. Fenech was a director of ElectroGas Malta, which was awarded a power station contract. The then Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had claimed on 1 December 2019 that the power station issue was the reason for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Panama papers
The links seeming to connect the Azerbaijani figures, Electro Gas, Fenech, 17 Black, two Panama corporations, Schembri and Mizzi are still being investigated.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Panama corporations
Adrian Vella, physician of both Yorgen Fenech and Keith Schembri who was thought to be a go-between the two men was arrested for questioning. Vella's name also occurred in a number of companies registered or managed via Panama. He is said to have served as a secret messenger between Schembri and Fenech.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Panama corporations
Two Panama corporations were acquired in 2013 by Nexia BT before being transferred to Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Panama corporations
Caruana Galizia claimed there was a link between Egrant, a Panama corporation and Michelle Muscat, wife of former prime minister Joseph Muscat. Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) investigated the claim and a manager of FIAU, Jonathan Ferris, a former police inspector, claimed a €600,000 transaction by a politically exposed person in Azerbaijan was made to Buttardi, a company owned by a close friend of Michelle Muscat. Joseph Muscat instigated an enquiry which found no evidence of Egrant being owned by Michelle Muscat nor could it find evidence to back the claim by Jonathan Ferris.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Panama corporations
The investigating magistrate Bugeja, now appointed a judge, ordered perjury investigations on Maria Efimova an employee of Pilatus Bank and Ferris as well as a probe into who had falsified documents linking Egrant to Michelle Muscat. Ferris and Egrant whistleblower, Maria Efimova have been charged with perjury with Efimova also charged with having made false accusations against Superintendent Denis Theuma and inspectors Jonathan Ferris and Lara Butters.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, ElectroGas Malta
A December 2014 visit by Joseph Muscat as Prime Minister, his chief of staff Keith Schembri and Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi resulted in the signing of a memorandum to buy liquid natural gas (LNG) for 18 years from the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic SOCAR as fuel for a new power station in Malta.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, ElectroGas Malta
ElectroGas Malta (EGM) which won the contract to build the €510 million project had Yorgen Fenech as a director and a shareholder, Tumas energy, headed by Yorgen Fenech, was also a shareholder through GEM holdings, whereas Siemens and SOCAR held 33.3% each directly. In 2015 EGM was granted sole rights to sell SOCAR gas to Malta. EGM is contracted to sell electricity and LNG to Enemalta for 18 years.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, ElectroGas Malta
The first batch of LNG was bought by EGM from SOCAR for $113 million and sold by them to Enemalta for $153 million, further deliveries generated similar profits, however EGM recorded accounting losses each year, €23 million in 2017, the accounts of EGM fail to explain Socar Trading SA which made an estimated €32 million from the deal in 2017 or why EGM did not buy LNG directly from suppliers, leaked documents about this were sent to Daphne Caruana Galizia a few months before her death.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, ElectroGas Malta
EGM took out a €450 million loan to finance the project, only secured following a €360 million state guarantee, in October 2017 Keith Schembri working with Yorgen Fenech got the government to extend the guarantee. The loan, mainly from four French banks is being investigated in France to see what due diligence was undertaken before making the loan in November 2017.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, ElectroGas Malta
Konrad Mizzi, waived the right in 2017 to €40 million in excise duty from Electrogas on electricity production, which the shareholders of Electrogas did not want to bear, in breach of the tender terms, following an agreement with Fenech. Enemalta had to pick up the tax bill, having paid €5 million of duty to date that should have been paid by Electrogas. Mizzi also arranged for deferred penalties of €18 million due from Electrogas for power station delays, getting Enemalta to agree receipts over 18 years at 2% interest.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, ElectroGas Malta
In 2018 the Auditor General concluded his enquiry into the 2013 tender and contract process in 2020, it shows the tender was a “premeditated” effort to award the contract to EGM and that the electricity purchased by Enemalta from EMG was significantly higher than that bought over the interconnector. There were significant due diligence concerns in the Electrogas tender, the late inclusion of a security of supply agreement helped the then bidders and reduced their risks, the bank guarantee provided by the bank was irregular, but there was no evidence of a "done deal".


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Možura wind farm
As of June 2020 investigations were being undertaken regarding Enemalta Plc and the Možura Wind Farm project in Montenegro with accusations that 17 Black made €4.6 million profit in the acquisition by Enemalta of shares in Možura. The deal was first discussed by Enemalta in late 2014. After a board meeting on Enemalta in January 2015, a Seychelles company Cifidex entered into an agreement with the Spanish consortium licensed to run the 46 MW wind farm to buy the shares for 2.9 million euros.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Možura wind farm
The shares were acquired by Enemalta with 90% sold to a consortium of Shanghai Electric, Enemalta, Vestigo and Envision Energy for 10.3 million euros from Cifidex, which had completed their own purchase of the shares just two weeks earlier in December 2015 after Cifidex had been funded with €3 million by 17 Black.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Gaming
Yorgen Fenech was the Tumas Group CEO, his uncle Raymond Fenech being the Chairman, when in 2016 the gaming licence for the Portomaso casino came up for renewal. Rival gaming company Dragonara Gaming complained in 2017 that the renewal was granted without a public call for bids in breach of European Regulations, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) deciding to renew Tumas Gaming's licence to run the casino in August 2016.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Gaming
Joseph Cuschieri headed the MGA, and Edwina Licari was the regulator's legal counsel when the licence was granted. The pair moved on to similar roles at the Malta Financial Service Authority (MFSA) in early 2018. Cuschieri, Licari, Yorgen Fenech and Charlene Bianco Farrugia (secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and former PA to Keith Schembri) went in May 2018 on a Las Vegas trip to Caesars Palace, funded by Fenech whilst Cuschieri and Licari were giving evidence in the legal case brought against MGA. After an MFSA investigation, Joseph Cushieri resigned as CEO of MFSA on 25 November 2020, Licari was permitted to continue in her post as legal counsel.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Gaming
In 2019 Dragonara Gaming was granted a 64-year extension to their own gaming concession without a public tender process by economy Minister Chris Cardona which was unanimously approved by parliament. The Tumas Group disassociated themselves in November 2019 from Yorgen Fenech, just before his arrest.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Fenech lawyers
Two lawyers on the team representing Yorgen Fenech are under investigation following allegations that they tried to bribe a reporter for the Times of Malta on 2 November 2020.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Bank robberies
Vincent Muscat as part of his request for a pardon provided the police with statements regarding other criminal acts that had taken place in Malta including one involving an, as yet, unnamed Labour politician and cabinet member who was involved in an attempted armed robbery of the HSBC headquarters in Malta in 2010. The robbery, which appeared to have received inside knowledge and assistance, was unsolved and involved eight key parties with an additional three having knowledge of the crime. The robbery failed when the police were alerted resulting in a shootout outside the bank.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Phantom job
After Yorgen Fenech introduced Keith Schembri to Melvin Theuma, Theuma was employed by a government company from 1 May 2017, a few months before the murder. Tony Muscat, the former CEO of the company told police that Keith Schembri put pressure on him to employ Mr. Theuma. Mr. Theuma said he landed the job after meeting Keith Schembri in April 2017 and being given a guided tour of the Auberge de Castille including Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's offices, but never turned up for work, he continued to receive a salary of around 1,200 Euros a month. The police are investigating what they call this “phantom job”.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Passports
Keith Schembri was amongst those arrested in September 2020 in relation to allegations that he took a €100,000 kickback on passport sales from his auditor Brian Tonna. Nexia BT partners Tonna and Karl Cini were also arrested. The allegations had become public when Caruana Galizia had written about the kickbacks in April 2017. Malta started selling passports in 2013, whilst originally permitted and despite changing the rules on eligibility, the European Commission considers that Malta and Cyprus are still breaking EU law in how they sell passports.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Vitals Global Healthcare
Three Ministers at the time, Edward Scicluna, Chris Cardona and Konrad Mizzi, face investigation regarding Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) which took control of three hospitals under a contract to last for 30 years in 2015.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Vitals Global Healthcare
VGH had no experience and accusations that the bidding process was skewed, with the bidding process announcing 3 bids, one of which was only a letter of non-interest, the second was from a small company operating a single hospital in India and VGH. The contract terms were also considered biased with the government having to bail out VGH if it got into debt and it would cost €100 million plus guarantee all investment by Steward and pay company debts to buy the contract back.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Vitals Global Healthcare
The Minister in charge of all aspects of the deal was Konrad Mizzi, with final approval coming from Cabinet. Edward Scicluna, the Finance Minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020, claims he was not aware of the deal before it was signed, although he had asked Mizzi for copies of the contract in summer 2016 but was not supplied with the side letter that had the €100 million penalty clause so claims he was unaware of it.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Vitals Global Healthcare
When VGH Malta was created, an identically named company was established in Jersey, together with 11 other companies, Shaukat Ali Ghafoor, who bought a Maltese passport to obtain citizenship, is named as an investor who created the Jersey companies, possibly to profit from the sale to Steward, VGH was being investigated by Daphne Caruana Galizia before her death.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Vitals Global Healthcare
In 2018 a majority of shares in VGH were acquired by a US healthcare giant Steward Health Care for a nominal €1, It cost the Maltese government €50 million to pay off VGH.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Vitals Global Healthcare
In July 2020 the Auditor General, Charles Deguara published his report into the Vitals concession tender, concluding that it should have been scrapped, having found there was collusion between the government and the private investors who won the contract.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Police actions
Former deputy commissioner Silvio Valletta who had been in charge of the investigation of the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia is under investigation due to his close connections with Yorgen Fenech and Keith Schembri.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Police actions
Valletta had had a meal with Fenech at his ranch and had accepted gifts of free trips to Stamford Bridge to watch a Chelsea game in September 2018 and in May 2018 to Kyiv to watch a Champions League final football match, with Yorgen Fenech, despite being aware of 17 Black from March 2018, then in November 2018 whilst on his way to the then murder suspect Yorgen Fenech's house, a phone call from Keith Schembri persuaded Valletta to cancel the visit and Valletta was unable to explain why a phone call from a politician could influence an action by the police.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Police actions
In June 2018, the Constitutional Court had ordered Valletta's removal from the murder case, due to conflicts by being married to a government minister and being on the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit board of Governors. Appealed against, he remained in the police force until losing the appeal, resigning in November 2018. His wife, Gozo Minister Justyne Caruana lost her ministerial position in January 2020 after a film emerged of Silvio Valletta inside Yorgen Fenech's Rolls Royce. Prime Minister Robert Abela re-appointed Justyne Caruana to cabinet as Education Minister in November 2020.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Police actions
Silvio Valletta was also being quizzed about inaction to investigate the Pilatus Bank/Egrant/Michelle Muscat allegations.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Azzopardi
In 2017, Azzopardi accepted a free 3 day stay at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv, paid for by Ray Fenech through the Tumas Group. Azzopardi gave a silver gift in return, but did not declare the gift in his 2017 annual return. Azzopardi is one of the lawyers representing the Caruana Galizia family in the case against Yorgen Fenech, the then CEO of Tumas Group. Azzopardi was investigated for a breach of the MPs' code of ethics. The Nationalist Party will reprimand him for the breach.


2019 Malta political crisis, Timeline, 2020 revelations, Azzopardi
Azzopardi went on a live radio show on 31 October 2020 giving his opinion that Yorgen Fenech was guilty, and that Keith Schembri had done everything he could to conceal the acts, resulting in lawyers for Fenech claiming he would no longer be able to receive a fair trial and there was a conflict between Azzopardi acting as a prosecutor and as a parliamentarian. The Court decided to caution Azzopardi over his dual role and as he could not be impartial, should be more cautious when talking as a politician about on-going court cases.


2019 Malta political crisis, Reactions
An EU Parliament delegation visited Malta on 3–4 December 2019 to monitor the rule of law and to hold talks with government officials in Malta prior to a debate in the EU Parliament. By resolution, two weeks later, the European Parliament said it was deeply concerned about the integrity and credibility of the investigation into the death of Caruana Galizia, who had exposed the shady financial dealings of Maltese elite and was subsequently murdered with a car bomb in October 2017. The European Parliament then called on Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat, to quit immediately over his handling of the investigation into the murder of the journalist. Despite calls to cancel the meeting, Pope Francis met Joseph Muscat and his family in a private audience on 7 December 2019.


2019 Malta political crisis, Reactions
United Nations Special Rapporteurs Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings and Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders called on Malta to investigate the murder of Caruana Galizia and guarantee both the independence and impartiality of the murder investigation.


2019 Maltese Super Cup
The 2019 Maltese Super Cup was the 35th Maltese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the title holders of the Maltese Premier League and the Maltese FA Trophy. It was contested on 21 December 2019 by Valletta – who won league, after defeating Hibernians in the decider and Balzan who won FA Trophy the previous season. Played at the Ta' Qali National Stadium, Valletta won the match 2–1.


2019 Maltese local elections
Local council elections were held in Malta by 25 May 2019. For the first time, all 68 municipal council were renewed at the same time, following a reform partially initiated in the 2015 election, in which half were.


2019 Maltese local elections, Results, Overall results
The election was not held in Mdina, since the number of candidates was equal to the number of seats. Therefore, the five candidates were directly elected. Turnout was under 40% in Gżira, Sliema, St. Julian's and St. Paul's Bay.


2019 Maltese presidential election
The 2019 Maltese presidential election took place on 2 April 2019. Members of the Parliament of Malta voted in an indirect election to approve the appointment of former cabinet minister George Vella, the only nominee, as President of Malta.


2019 Maltese presidential election
Vella's nomination was supported by both the governing Labour Party and opposition Nationalist Party. The Democratic Party announced they supported Vella's nomination for the presidency but would boycott the vote to protest in favour of a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority to elect the president, and the party's two MPs did not attend the vote.


2019 Maltese presidential election
The election was followed by Vella's formal swearing-in as president on 4 April 2019.


2019 Malvern Hills District Council election
The 2019 Malvern Hills District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Malvern Hills District Council in England.


2019 Manbij bombing
The Manbij bombing occurred on 16 January 2019 when a suicide bomber targeted a busy market street in Manbij known to be frequented by American soldiers.


2019 Manbij bombing, Background
In the Syrian Civil War, the city of Manbij was taken by the Free Syrian Army in 2012, and then by ISIS in 2014. In 2016, the city was taken by the American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in the Manbij offensive.


2019 Manbij bombing, Background
The Palace of the Princes restaurant was popular with Americans, located on a crowded downtown street in Manbij. U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Jeanne Shaheen ate there when they visited Syria in July 2018.


2019 Manbij bombing, The attack
Several American military personnel were inside the Palace of Princes restaurant when a suicide bomber triggered an explosion outside the restaurant around midday on Wednesday, 16 January 2019. The bomber mixed into a crowd of people visiting a nearby vegetable market and detonated his explosive vest near the restaurant entrance, igniting a fireball that left the dead and wounded scattered in the street. Rescue workers rushed the wounded to the hospital, and military helicopters landed on a nearby soccer field to take the dead and wounded Americans and civilians to medical facilities.


2019 Manbij bombing, Casualties
The U.S. Department of Defense released a statement on 18 January 2019, identifying their three employees: a soldier, a sailor, and an intelligence expert. Defense contractor Valiant Integrated Services identified one of their employees as the fourth American killed. The four deceased Americans were:


2019 Manbij bombing, Casualties
The total death toll is believed to be 19, including 15 local SDF fighters. Three other American servicemen were also injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.


2019 Manbij bombing, Aftermath
U.S. President Donald Trump paid tribute to the fallen Americans during a trip to Dover Air Force Base in the US state of Delaware on 19 January, where their remains were received.


2019 Manbij bombing, Aftermath
A second joint convoy of U.S. and allied Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria was hit in al-Hasakah 5 days later, there were no casualties, with two Kurdish fighters were lightly wounded in the blast.


2019 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. In 2018 Labour retained its majority of the council with 94 seats to the Liberal Democrats making up the opposition of 2, led by former MP John Leech.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Background and campaign
Labour won every seat on Manchester City Council between 2011 and 2015. In 2016, former Liberal Democrat MP John Leech, who lost his seat in Manchester Withington in the 2015 General Election won a seat in Didsbury West and was joined by another Liberal Democrat Councillor in 2018.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Background and campaign
Following the resignation of Fallowfield councillor Grace Fletcher-Hackwood on 19 March, two vacancies were filled in the Fallowfield ward; the candidate who received the most votes won the full four-year term and the second placed candidate took over the three years remaining of the vacant seat.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Background and campaign
On 25 March, Manchester Lib Dem leader John Leech launched his party's manifesto for the 2019 elections. This was followed by the Green Party launching their manifesto for the local elections on 9 April.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Background and campaign
On 15 April, The Times uncovered a number of offensive tweets from Fallowfield Labour candidate Jade Doswell. In 2014, Doswell had tweeted that she was a "little bit sick in my mouth" at the sight of an Israeli flag and claimed the flag was 'offensive' and provocative’. She apologised on a private Facebook post.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Background and campaign
On 17 April, Manchester Evening News reported that the Liberal Democrat candidate for Hulme, Daniel Tóth-Nagy, had been suspended from the party after tweeting "There is no such thing as Islamophobia" and making other comments deemed Islamophobic. Tóth-Nagy denied that he had ever "express[ed] hatred or violent against any person", but the party issued a statement condemning the comments and immediately withdrew their support for him.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Background and campaign
On 30 April, the Manchester Evening News reported that the Conservative candidate for Charlestown, Charalampos Kagouras, had been dropped by the party as a candidate due to years of racist and Islamophobic posts on social media.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Result
Changes are compared with the 2018 results. Socialist Alternative changes in vote share are compared to the results for Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. Where 2 seats were contested simultaneously due to a vacancy the results for that ward have been normalised.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2019 Manchester City Council election, Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2018, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Changes since this election
On 24 July 2019 it was reported that Majid Dar (Ancoats and Beswick) had been suspended by the Labour party. He was readmitted to the party and to the Labour group on the council without formal announcement.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Changes since this election
On 18 March 2020 Greg Stanton (Didsbury West) resigned from the Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent. Later, in April, he joined the Labour Party.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Changes since this election
On 7 April 2020 (2020-04-07), Sue Murphy (Brooklands) died after a long illness.


2019 Manchester City Council election, Changes since this election, Clayton and Openshaw by-election
Clayton and Openshaw councillor Andy Harland died in December 2019. A by-election took place on Thursday 27 February 2020 to fill the vacancy. Changes are compared with the 2019 result.


2019 Manchester Trophy
The 2019 Manchester Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the third edition of the women's tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Manchester, United Kingdom between 10 and 16 June 2019.


2019 Manchester Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Manchester Trophy – Doubles
Luksika Kumkhum and Prarthana Thombare were the defending champions, but Kumkhum chose not to participate. Thombare partnered alongside Tereza Smitková, but lost in the first round to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Neel.


2019 Manchester Trophy – Doubles
Duan Yingying and Zhu Lin won the title, defeating Robin Anderson and Laura Ioana Paar in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2019 Manchester Trophy – Singles
Ons Jabeur was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Rosmalen instead.


2019 Manchester Trophy – Singles
Magda Linette won the title, defeating Zarina Diyas in the final, 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–3.


2019 Manila local elections
Manila held its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for Mayor, Vice Mayor, 6 Congressmen, and the 36 councilors that would be members of the City Council. There are a total of 736,156 people who voted out of the 1,065,149 city's registered voters. Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso won the elections, enabling him to serve a three-year term as the Mayor of Manila. His running mate, the incumbent Vice Mayor Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan, once again topped the vice mayoral race, securing her to serve her second three-year term as the city's Vice Mayor.


2019 Manila local elections, Electoral system, For mayor, vice mayor and representatives
The winner is elected via the first-past-the-post system. The mayor and vice mayor are elected separately, and are elected at-large. Representatives are elected from each of Manila's 6 congressional districts.


2019 Manila local elections, Electoral system, For councilors
The winners are elected via multiple non-transferable vote in each of Manila's 6 city council districts (coextensive with the congressional districts). A voter has six votes, and can vote up to six people. The six candidates with the highest number of votes in each district wins.


2019 Manila local elections, Mayoralty and vice mayoral elections, Mayor
Joseph Estrada is running for his third term as the Mayor of Manila. Meanwhile, Alfredo Lim is seeking to make his comeback as the mayor after being defeated by Estrada twice in the 2013 and 2016 elections. Meanwhile, Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, the youngest mayoralty candidate and who served as Vice Mayor for both Estrada and Lim, is running for the first time as the mayor. Lim is the only mayoral candidate without a running mate.


2019 Manila local elections, Mayoralty and vice mayoral elections, Vice Mayor
Ma. Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan is running for her 2nd term.


2019 Manila local elections, House of Representatives elections, 1st District
Manuel Luis "Manny" Lopez (NPC, supported by PDP-Laban and KKK) is the incumbent, and he will face former representative Benjamin "Atong" Asilo to contest a second term. Lopez is the son of former Manila Mayor Mel Lopez. Asenso Manileño did not nominate any candidate in this district.


2019 Manila local elections, House of Representatives elections, 2nd District
Carlo Lopez is the incumbent, and is term-limited. His cousin Alex is running under the Nacionalista Party, with support from PMP and KABAKA; Carlo is a member of PDP-Laban. Also running are incumbent councilors Rolan Valeriano (Asenso Manileño) and Rodolfo "Ninong" Lacsamana (NUP). The coalition of PDP-Laban and KKK did not nominate any candidate in this district.


2019 Manila local elections, House of Representatives elections, 3rd District
John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto is the incumbent, and was running under the PDP-Laban banner with support from Asenso Manileño. He faced former representative Zenaida "Naida" Angping, who was running under Lakas–CMD and supported by PMP and KABAKA.


2019 Manila local elections, House of Representatives elections, 4th District
Edward Maceda is the incumbent and ran against former representative Maria Theresa "Trisha" Bonoan-David (NUP, supported by Asenso Manileño) and independent candidate barangay kagawad Christopher "Chris" Gabriel. This is the second time that the PDP-Laban-KKK coalition chose not to nominate any candidate.


2019 Manila local elections, House of Representatives elections, 5th District
Amanda Cristina "Cristal" Bagatsing is the incumbent, and will face former councilor Arnold "Ali" Atienza. Both candidates supported Estrada's re-election bid. Both Asenso Manileño and PDP-Laban-KKK did not have a candidate.


2019 Manila local elections, House of Representatives elections, 6th District
Rosenda Ann "Sandy" Ocampo is the incumbent but she is now term-limited. She has endorsed her younger sister Patricia Yvette Ocampo, to run for her seat in the House of Representatives. Yvette registered as a candidate under Bagumbayan-VNP (supported by PDP-Laban and Alfredo Lim's KKK Party) and prior to her candidacy had been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as chair of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation. However, even after Lim's endorsement, the Ocampos chose to campaign for Estrada's re-election. Ocampo's arch-rival, former representative Bienvenido "Benny" Abante, is also running under Asenso Manileño, as well as incumbent City Councilor and fiscal Casimiro Sison under Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino's Team Legacy.


2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by Bayer, the provincial women's curling championship of Manitoba, was held from January 23 to 27 at the Gimli Recreation Complex in Gimli. The winning Tracy Fleury team represented Manitoba at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney, Nova Scotia.


2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06:00)


2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs
A new format involved ranking the top four teams regardless of which pool they were in, which meant that Team Einarson was put in the 3 vs. 4 game despite winning her pool. This new format was considered controversial by some of the curlers.


2019 Manitoba general election
The 2019 Manitoba general election was held on September 10, 2019, to elect the 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.


2019 Manitoba general election
The incumbent Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier Brian Pallister, were re-elected to a second majority government with a loss of two seats. The NDP, led by Wab Kinew, gained six seats and retained their position as the official opposition. The Liberals, led by Dougald Lamont, won the remaining three seats.


2019 Manitoba general election, Background, Date
Under the Manitoba Elections Act, a general election must be held no later than the first Tuesday of October in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the previous election was held in 2016, the latest possible date for the election was October 6, 2020, or if that would have overlapped with a federal election period, the latest possible date would be April 20, 2021.


2019 Manitoba general election, Background, Date
However, incumbent Premier Brian Pallister announced instead in June 2019 that he would seek to hold the election over a year early, on September 10, 2019, in order to seek "a new mandate to keep moving Manitoba forward." Pallister visited Lieutenant Governor Janice Filmon on August 12 to officially drop the writ and begin the campaign period.


2019 Manitoba general election, Background, Date
It had been speculated that Pallister would call an early election in order to take advantage of a large lead in opinion polls, and to get the vote out of the way before new and potentially unpopular budget cuts took effect. A poll taken by the Winnipeg Free Press found that while most respondents disagreed with the early election and agreed that Pallister had moved up the date for partisan reasons, such sentiments were unlikely to imperil Pallister's re-election.


2019 Manitoba general election, Background, Electoral boundaries
By law, Manitoba's electoral boundaries are reviewed every 10 years. The latest review was completed the end of 2018, meaning the 2019 elections were the first ones contested using the new boundaries.


2019 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 2019 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 70th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947. The team came sixth in the regular season and qualified for the finals where they beat the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in an elimination final then lost to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the semi finals round.


2019 Mansfield District Council election
The 2019 Mansfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all 36 seats to the Mansfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. It was prior to the election run by the Mansfield Independent Forum.


2019 Mansfield District Council election, Election Results
Labour Party (UK): 14Mansfield Independent Forum: 14Independent (politician): 6Conservative Party UK: 2


2019 Mansfield District Council election, Results by ward, Abbott
Answer was elected as a UKIP councillor in 2015 before rejoining the Mansfield Independent Forum.


2019 Mansfield District Council election, Results by ward, Kings Walk
Between 2017-19 the former Mansfield Independent councillor sat as a Conservative.


2019 Mansfield District Council election, Results by ward, Newgate
Sissons was originally elected in 2015 for the Mansfield Independent Forum but defected in 2018 with Stephen Garner to sit as an Independent.


2019 Mansfield District Council election, Results by ward, Oak Tree
Hopewell was previously elected in 2011 and 2015 as the Labour councillor for the ward but later defected.


2019 Mansfield District Council election, Results by ward, Racecourse
Garner was originally elected as Mansfield Independent Forum however later left the forum in 2018 to run for mayor as an independent.


2019 Mansfield District Council election, Results by ward, Sandhurst
Due to Andy Abrahams winning the Mayoral election, a by-election will take place in Sandhurst on the 27th of June 2019. Dave Saunders went on to win the subsequent by-election.


2019 Marikina local elections
Marikina held its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for the local elective posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two district representatives, and councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.


2019 Marikina local elections
There are a total of 180,389 people who voted out of the 246,101 registered voters. Marcelino Teodoro won the mayoral race for the 2nd time undefeated, and Marion Andres won the vice mayoral race against Vic Saminiano and incumbent councilor Eva Aguirre-Paz.


2019 Marikina local elections, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections, Mayor
Lorderito Nebres (PDP-Laban) withdrew from candidacy last February, leaving incumbent Marcelino Teodoro running unopposed.


2019 Marikina local elections, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections, Vice Mayor
Incumbent Vice Mayor JF Cadiz is term-limited and is running for representative of 1st district. Richard Estanislao (PDP-Laban) withdrew from candidacy last February. Arnolfo Almocera decided to run for councilor of 1st district, with Vic Tambuli taking over his place.


2019 Marikina local elections, District representatives, 1st District
Incumbent Vice Mayor JF Cadiz recently withdrew his bid, leaving BF Fernando unopposed.


2019 Marikina local elections, District representatives, 2nd District
Incumbent Representative Miro Quimbo is term-limited. His wife, Stella will run in his stead. However, she still has a pending case against her for allegedly violating R.A. 10667 section 8.


2019 Marilao local elections
Local elections were held in  Marilao, Bulacan on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the municipality: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors.


2019 Marilao local elections, Background
Incumbent mayor Tito Santiago is not running for re-election on his seat, but he nominated former ABC Marilao president Ricardo Silvestre of Patubig and is running under the PDP-Laban. His main opponent is a mayor aspirant, Atty. Jem Sy, which is also an actress and president of the Jemina Sy Foundation, from Santa Rosa I. Independent runners are the former vice mayor Andre Santos of Poblacion II, who is arrested last December after the standoff in his home, and perennial candidates Jojo Atienza and Ruperto "JM-Jun" Montaos, who is running under the PFP.


2019 Marilao local elections, Results, Mayor
Mayor Tito Santiago is not running, but his party nominates former ABC president Ricky Silvestre.


2019 Marilao local elections, Results, Vice Mayor
Incumbent Vice Mayor Henry Lutao is running for reelection as Vice Mayor, his opponents are Former Abangan Sur Barangay Captain Romell Pabale and Zaldy Marcelo.


2019 Marilao local elections, Results, Sangguniang Bayan election
Election is via plurality-at-large voting: A voter votes for up to eight candidates, then the eight candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.


2019 Marilao local elections, Results, Sangguniang Bayan election
Councilor Bob dela Cruz is term-limited, so his brother Jayson will run for his seat; councilor Willie Diaz is also term-limited, while incumbent Luisa Silvestre is not seeking re-election. Councilors Irma Celones, Deby Espiritu-Reyes, Mark Guillermo and Arnold Papa will run for their third and final terms, while Ariel Amador, losing the 2013 elections, will run for his second term.


2019 Marinduque local elections
Local elections were held in Marinduque on May 13, 2019 as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, a vice-governor, a governor and a representative for the lone district of Marinduque in the House of Representatives.


2019 Marinduque local elections
In this election, a number of provincial-level officials are seeking reelection, including incumbent congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco. Notably, this is the first election since the 1970s where Carmencita Reyes, who had previously served both as congressman and governor, is not running for office, having died in January 2019.


2019 Marinduque local elections, Results, Governor
Romulo Bacorro assumed office after the death of Governor Carmencita Reyes. Instead of running for governor, he is instead running for his old position of Vice Governor in this election as the running mate of former Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. On May 3, Violet Reyes withdrew from the race.


2019 Marinduque local elections, Results, Vice Governor
Mark Anthony Seño, who assumed the position after Romulo Bacorro became governor, is running for town councilor in Boac as he is ineligible to run for reelection as provincial board member after serving his third term in office.


2019 Marinduque local elections, Results, Municipal elections, Boac
Incumbent Roberto Madla is retiring from politics after becoming ineligible to run for reelection as mayor after serving his third term in office.


2019 Marinduque local elections, Results, Municipal elections, Torrijos
Incumbent Lorna Velasco, the wife of Presbitero Velasco Jr., is running unopposed.


2019 Marinduque local elections, Results, Municipal elections, Buenavista
Incumbent Russel Madrigal is ineligible to run for reelection as mayor after serving his third term in office. His wife, Nancy Madrigal, is running in his stead.


2019 Marist Red Foxes football team
The 2019 Marist Red Foxes football team represents Marist College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 28th-year head coach Jim Parady and play their home games at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.


2019 Marist Red Foxes football team, Previous season
The Red Foxes finished the 2018 season 5–6, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2019 Marist Red Foxes football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Red Foxes were picked to finish in fourth place.


2019 Marist Red Foxes football team, Preseason, Preseason All–PFL teams
The Red Foxes had four players selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix
The 2019 Marrakesh ePrix (formally the 2019 Marrakesh E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in the Agdal district of Marrakesh, Morocco on 12 January 2019. It was the second round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the third edition of the event. Jérôme d'Ambrosio of Mahindra won the 31-lap race after starting from tenth place. Second place went to Virgin's Robin Frijns and his teammate Sam Bird was third.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix
Bird won the pole position by setting the fastest lap in qualifying and held the lead despite Techeetah's Jean-Éric Vergne clattering into his left-hand sidepod and spinning 180 degrees on the race's opening lap. António Félix da Costa of BMW Andretti passed Bird to move into first place on lap ten and pulled away to lead the following fourteen laps until a collision on lap 26 with his teammate Alexander Sims careened him into a barrier. That promoted d'Ambrosio into the lead, which he maintained through a safety car period; he held off Frijns on the final lap to win by 0.143 seconds. It was d'Ambrosio's third career victory and his first without having inherited the win through driver disqualifications.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix
D'Ambrosio's victory put him in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 40 points. Félix da Costa fell to second and Vergne, who recovered to finish fifth in the race, dropped to third. Vergne's teammate André Lotterer moved up a place to fourth and Frijns moved from twelfth to fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah led with 47 points, Mahindra and BMW were tied for second as Virgin progressed to fourth with eleven races left in the season.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Background
The Marrakesh ePrix was confirmed as part of the 2018–19 Formula E season schedule by the FIA World Motor Sport Council in October 2018. It was the second of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and third annual edition of the event. The ePrix was held at the 2.97 km (1.85 mi) anti-clockwise 12-turn semi-permanent Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan street circuit in the Agdal district of the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on 12 January.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Background
The track's configuration requires teams to develop their spring rates, anti-roll bar, car ride height and vehicle chassis configuration for maximum mechanical grip. The circuit was unchanged from the 2018 race with the mandatory attack-mode activation zone to provide drivers with extra power for a certain amount of time situated on the outside of turn three and the timing loops to activate the system were made visible to drivers. The driver adviser to the stewards was former Trulli GP driver Vitantonio Liuzzi.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Background
After winning the season-opening Ad Diriyah ePrix four weeks earlier, BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa led the Drivers' Championship with 28 points, ahead of Jean-Éric Vergne of Techeetah with 18 points, and Mahindra's Jérôme d'Ambrosio with 15 points. With 12 points, Mitch Evans for Jaguar was in fourth place and Vergne's teammate André Lotterer was fifth with 10 points. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah led with 29 points; BMW Andretti were a further point behind in second. Mahindra, Jaguar and e.Dams-Nissan in positions three through five were each separated by a single point. The race saw the introduction of a mandated winglet on the roll hoop of all cars, next to the television camera. The addition came after some teams lobbied the series to free up space on the hoop's side for commercial partners.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Background
Following a software-related drive-through penalty that lost him a potential victory in Ad Diriyah, Vergne said he was eager to demonstrate his team had the fastest car in Marrakesh, "Being so close to the victory in the first round has left me very hungry for more, and it’s what my focus is all about right now, Marrakesh hasn’t been a good track for us in the past so I’m hoping that we can change that and leave Morocco on a high note this year.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Background
It still  [sic] a very long way to go and we know that we need to continue to be razor sharp for the rest of the season." D'Ambrosio stated that he thought he could achieve another podium finish in Marrakesh, and aimed to continue improving his performance and maintain Mahindra's strong record at the track: "It’s a challenging street circuit and, while it hasn’t been the best track for me over the past two years, I’m going to make sure that I change that and I’m looking forward to having a good race this weekend."


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Background
The second in-season rookie test was scheduled to be held at the circuit the day after the race. Teams were required to field two drivers who were not in possession of an e-licence at the time of the test. There was one driver change going into the race. Having missed the Ad Diriyah ePrix because his Mercedes-Benz contract barred him from driving with another team until 31 December 2018 without performing certain pre-requisites, 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion Pascal Wehrlein replaced the outgoing Felix Rosenqvist at Mahindra; Rosenqvist moved to Chip Ganassi Racing's IndyCar Series team for 2019. Wehrlein spent the week before the race at Mahindra's simulator in Banbury as part of his preparation.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Practice
Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the late-afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second for half an hour. The first practice session was first held in darkness and cold weather with drivers struggling to get tyre temperature before the sun rose. Robin Frijns of Virgin was fastest with a lap of 1 minute and 17.808 seconds, followed by Félix da Costa, Bird, e.Dams-Nissan's Oliver Rowland, Oliver Turvey for NIO, the Jaguar duo of Evans and Nelson Piquet Jr., Alexander Sims of BMW Andretti, Sebastien Buemi for Nissan and Vergne.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Practice
During the session, where drivers locked their tyres due to them fine-tuning their brake-by-wire systems, several competitors ran onto the turn seven run-off area because they braked later than usual. Evans avoided contact with a trackside barrier, and his teammate Piquet swerved to avoid hitting Venturi's Felipe Massa who made a late decision to enter the pit lane. With 13 minutes remaining, Wehrlein's car briefly switched off at turn ten and the session was red flagged as he reset his car to allow his return to the pit lane.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Practice
The second practice session was held in warmer weather. Evans led with an early benchmark lap which Frijns improved in the final ten minutes. Lotterer then bettered Frijns' lap before Evans ran with 250 kW (340 hp) of power to set a 1-minute and 17.762 seconds lap to go fastest, 0.242 seconds ahead of Lotterer. Buemi, Félix da Costa, Frijns, Rowland, José María López for Dragon, Turvey, Vergne, and Sims completed the top ten ahead of qualifying. As the session passed relatively peacefully, drivers again locked their brakes into turn seven. As Massa activated 250 kW (340 hp) mode, his car shut down on the start/finish straight; he restarted it with radio engineer assistance. Massa's powertrain was later replaced and Lucas di Grassi's Audi had a water pump change.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Qualifying
Saturday's 75-minute afternoon qualifying session was divided into two groups of five cars and two groups of six. Each group was determined by a lottery system and given six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest six overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first. Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by their fastest times; positions six through twenty were determined by group qualifying times. The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Qualifying
In the first session to have a direct comparison between the two cars—the preceding Ad Diriyah race was rain-affected—the SRT05e was three seconds a lap faster than the Spark-Renault SRT 01E. In group one, Félix da Costa was fastest, ahead of Vergne, Evans, d'Ambrosio and Lotterer after a driver error at turn seven. Buemi led the second session with Piquet second. Di Grassi had an untidy lap and was third in the group, followed by Rowland. Abt was group two's slowest driver by losing a large amount of time midway on the track.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Qualifying
In the third group, Bird set the fastest overall kap in group qualifying at 1 minute and 17.851 seconds despite a minor error in the first turn. His teammate Frijns was second and provisionally sixth overall. The NIO pair of Turvey and Dillmann were third and fourth. Dragon's Maximilian Günther was fifth after hitting a bump on a kerb on the exit to turn six, going airborne briefly, and crashing into the side of a barrier. Stoffel Vandoorne's HWA car shut down halfway through his maximum power lap as he looked set to enter the top ten.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Qualifying
After group three ended, Dillmann's car had a sudden brake failure en route to parc fermé in the pit lane and he had to decide whether to hit the rear of Frijns' car or a track marshal. He elected to hit Frijns, which caused a chain reaction incident that sent him into the rear of his teammate Bird's car. Bird sustained rear diffuser damage; parc fermé regulations dictated any repairs made to his car would send him to the rear of the grid. In group four, Sims was fastest and he advanced to Super Pole.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Qualifying
He demoted Wehrlein to seventh overall after the latter ran over the kerbs at the final corner. López was third; the Venturi duo of Massa and Edoardo Mortara took fourth and fifth. HWA's Gary Paffett was slowest in group four because of a heavy understeer in turn one and electrical energy issues. After group qualifying, Buemi, Sims, Félix da Costa, Vergne and Evans progressed to Super Pole. Bird took the fifth pole position of his career and his first since the second 2017 New York City ePrix race with a 1-minute and 17.489 seconds lap.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Qualifying
He was joined on the grid's front row by Vergne who recorded a mistake-free lap. Félix da Costa had an untidy lap and came third. Buemi in fourth was smooth and Sims took fifth. Sixth-place Evans locked his front tyres on the approach to turn seven and ran deep onto the run off-area.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
After qualifying, Félix da Costa was demoted three places on the starting grid because he was adjudged to have exceeded the maximum amount of permitted electrical power on his non-timed lap at 204.92 kW (274.80 hp) because of a temporary spike. Hence, the grid lined up after penalties as Bird, Vergne, Buemi, Sims, Evans, Félix da Costa, Wehrlein, Frijns, Piquet, d'Ambrosio, di Grassi, Rowland, López, Turvey, Massa, Abt, Mortara, Dillmann, Paffett, Lotterer, Günther and Vandoorne.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
The race, which lasted 45 minutes plus one full lap after time had elapsed, began at 16:03 Central European Time (UTC+01:00). The weather at the start was hot and clear and the air temperature ranged from 20.25 to 20.95 °C (68.45 to 69.71 °F) and the track temperature was between 18.3 and 20 °C (64.9 and 68.0 °F); a 20-per-cent chance of rain was forecast. Each driver was required to use attack mode twice and was permitted to arm the system no more than five times.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
A special feature of Formula E is the "Fan Boost" feature, an additional 25 kW (34 hp) of power to use during the race's second half. The five drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote. For the Marrakesh race, Vandoorne, Félix da Costa, Massa, Buemi, Wehrlein were handed the extra power. Bird made a good getaway and Buemi drew alongside the fractionally slower Vergne entering the first corner. As he turned to the inside line to block Vergne, it appeared Bird would lead comfortably.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
Vergne went onto the inside run-off area and clattered into Bird's left-hand sidepod on the turn-one apex at high speed. That caused a small titanium television camera from Vergne's car to detach and lodge itself in the aperture of Bird's left-hand sidepod. Vergne spun 180 degrees, and several drivers swerved to avoid his car.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
Wehrlein's suspension, diffuser, rear tyre bearing and rims were damaged when di Grassi misjudged his braking point for the first turn and rammed into him. An attempt  to continue driving proved impossible and he entered the pit lane to retire. Additionally, Paffett and his HWA teammate Vandoorne were unsighted because of smoke emitted from Vergne's spin, and the two made contact with each other's sidepods in the same area, causing Vandoorne to retire with a broken suspension at the end of the first lap and Paffett to sustain a slow rear-left puncture.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
Turvey moved from 16th to seventh by the end of the first lap while Vergne's spin dropped him to 19th and Buemi fell to 14th. At the start of lap two, Buemi passed Evans on the inside into turn one for 13th. Lotterer passed Evans soon after and then overtook Buemi into the turn-five and six chicane. On the third lap, a brief yellow flag was waved as Paffett spun exiting the chicane as the slow puncture deteriorated, causing him to retire. Félix da Costa passed his teammate Sims on the inside line at turn three for the second position on the following lap. On lap seven, Günther activated the attack mode, passing Dillmann, Vergne and Massa over the next four laps.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
Gunther's act confirmed to the field that the attack mode was a huge advantage without losing a large amount of time during activation, and a steady trickle of drivers activated the system over the following few laps. On lap ten, López overtook Turvey on the inside for seventh before turn one. That lap, Félix da Costa attempted to pass Bird for the lead on the inside into turn eleven, which Bird blocked and Félix da Costa's right-rear corner hit Bird's left-rear quarter; both continued without any car damage.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
Félix da Costa tried again going into the turn-four and five chicane on lap 11, and moved past Bird on the inside as the latter cut the corner under braking. Sims got an advantage to overtake Bird and took second on the straight entering turn eight. Abt used the attack mode to pass López on the entry to turn one on lap 12 but López responded by doing the same two laps later. On lap 14, d'Ambrosio went to the inside to pass di Grassi into turn seven for fifth. That prompted Virgin to allow Frijns to take third from his teammate Bird entering turn seven on lap 15. Bird blocked d'Ambrosio from overtaking him for fourth on the outside into turn eleven.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
On lap 16, di Grassi activated the attack mode, as d'Ambrosio successfully overtook Bird to move into fourth going into turn eleven, before the latter lost fifth to di Grassi on the start/finish straight. During the 17th lap, d'Ambrosio and d'Grassi got ahead of Frijns at turns seven and on the straight linking turns 10 and 11 to demote him to fifth. Di Grassi began to pressure d'Ambrosio as Bird activated the attack mode, falling to seventh behind López on the next lap. Bird however immediately retook sixth from López entering the turn four and five chicane.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
As the pack began to close up to the BMWs, Félix da Costa and Sims activated their first attack modes on the 19th lap in an attempt to increase their lead. Frijns and Bird used their second attack mode activation on lap 23, with the two passing di Grassi at the end of the lap, motivated by Vergne moving to sixth. Furthermore, as he caught the battle for third, they were gaining on the BMWs, resulting in a lead change with ten minutes left.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
Around this time, BMW Andretti team principal Roger Griffiths liaised with its senior engineering team to consider allowing Sims to pass his teammate Félix da Costa for the lead because he was the faster driver and had better electrical energy management. Despite his team's liaison, Sims, approaching turn seven on the 26th lap, challenged his teammate Félix da Costa for first on the outside as both drivers locked their brakes.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
This caused Félix da Costa to slide wide and hit the front-left quarter of Sims's car, who had regained control; he could not avoid the former and their front wings interlocked. Félix da Costa careened into a right-side tyre wall and retired. Sims made it through the corner, but fell from second to fourth. D'Ambrosio moved into first with Frijns second. To recover Félix da Costa's car, the race director Scot Elkins ordered the safety car's deployment with seven minutes remaining. The safety car stayed on the track until only 20 seconds were left to run and Sims used their second attack modes beforehand to challenge Bird for third place.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race
On the final lap, d'Ambrosio locked his tyres at the final corner and held off Frijns to win the race. It was d'Ambrosio's third career victory, his first since the 2016 Mexico City ePrix, and his first on-track win; his previous two came via technical disqualifications involving di Grassi. Frijns was 0.147 seconds behind in second and took the best finish of his career at the time, besting prior third-place finish in the 2015 Putrajaya ePrix. His teammate Bird finished third. Off the podium, Sims took fourth, Vergne completed his recovery to finish fifth and his teammate Lotterer sixth. Di Grassi finished seventh and earned one extra point for setting the race's fastest lap on the final lap, at 1-minute and 20.296 seconds. Buemi, Evans, and Abt rounded out the top ten. The final finishers were López, Günther, Mortara, Piquet, Rowland, Turvey, Dillmann and Massa.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. D'Ambrosio was euphoric over taking his third career victory, "This is a real win, I fought hard for it and I'm really happy. I've been here since the start [of the series] and I've been fighting to be in this position. Last year we had some tough moments and I'm happy I can pay the team back like this." Frijns said he regretted not challenging d'Ambrosio harder on the final lap.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
He commented on the importance of his second-place finish for the Virgin team, "At one point, I was like, 'Shall I go for it at Turn 10?' and then I was like, 'Yeah, but we are P2, [team-mate] Sam [Bird] is P3 and I'm not going to be a bully that drives over Jerome and doesn't finish at all'. I think it's smart to not do it at the beginning of the season - just to score the points."


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
Third-placed Bird said the camera from Vergne's car lodged in his vehicle possibly affected its handling, "I didn’t know too much about the move from Vergne at the start and from there on I suspect it may have caused a slight issue with the car as we didn’t have the pace we had seen earlier. Nevertheless, it was an amazing result for the team and we did a great job in qualifying."


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
BMW Andretti personnel convened immediately after the race to discuss the collision with Félix da Costa and Sims. Félix da Costa apologised to the team, expressed contrition to the press, and conceded Sims was faster than him: "I'm sorry - that's a mistake and a mistake coming from me only. [ It's] terribly frustrating in this story because we lost a win, we lost a one-two, and even if it was just me, Alex could have won the race. But because of that, I denied him the win, denied the team a one-two. I'm feeling very bad for myself."


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
Sims attributed the contact to an intra-team communication breakdown and refused to apportion blame. He additionally stated to the media he did not wish to challenge Félix da Costa because he was conserving electrical energy and was attempting to maintain the gap over the rest of the field. Jens Marquardt, director of BMW Motorsport, said that any similar incidents would not re-occur in the future and the team would learn over the rest of the season. Griffiths later emphasised a priority scenario was non-existent over favouring one driver over the other and praised Félix da Costa for accepting responsibility for the accident.


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
Vergne called himself an "idiot" for clattering into Bird on the first lap, and stated any similar mistakes would not re-occur in the future: "I didn't stop the car and I obviously didn't want to crash into Sam, I didn't want to ruin his race, ruin my race and have a penalty for the next race. So I went completely on the inside and obviously I spun because there was no other way. I either spin or take us both out - so I chose that option. It was unnecessary because I clearly had the pace to win today."


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
Wehrlein said he was certain he could have finished on the podium had di Grassi not hit him at the start; he enjoyed the weekend as a whole, "You know, I got to experience Formula E, apart from the race, but I like the formula and again the race was very interesting. It’s a busy day with a lot of driving so I really like that as well but it starts early, I don’t like it so much but you cannot have everything!"


2019 Marrakesh ePrix, Race, Post-race
After the race, d'Ambrosio on 40 points took the Drivers' Championship lead from Félix da Costa, who now tied with Vergne for second with 28. Lotterer moved to fourth place with 19 points and Frijns moved from twelfth to fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah continued to lead with 47 points; Mahindra moved from third to second, displacing BMW Andretti, which tied Mahindra with 40 points. Virgin's results progressed the team to fourth while e.Dams-Nissan fell to fifth with eleven races left in the season.


2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by tenth-year head coach Doc Holliday. They lost to UCF in Gasparilla bowl.


2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Preseason, CUSA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Thundering Herd predicted to finish in first place in the East Division.


2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Schedule
Marshall announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season.


2019 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team
The 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team represented Marshall University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 41st season of the university fielding a men's varsity soccer program. The Thundering Herd, led by third-year head coach Chris Grassie, played their home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex as members of Conference USA.


2019 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team
The 2019 season proved to be the program's most successful season at the time. Marshall finished as the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament and regular season champions making their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Marshall also was ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since 2001.


2019 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Marshallese general election
General elections were held in the Marshall Islands on 18 November 2019. Opponents of President Hilda Heine won a majority of seats.


2019 Marshallese general election, Background
The 2015 elections saw a significant defeat for the government of incumbent President Christopher Loeak, with five cabinet ministers losing their seats. Following the elections, Casten Nemra was elected as President on 4 January 2016 by a margin of one vote. However, he was removed from office two weeks later by a vote of no confidence ending 21–12 in favour of dismissing him. On 27 January 2016 Hilda Heine was elected the country's first female president. She narrowly survived a vote of no confidence on 12 November 2018; the vote was tied at 16–16 as one member of the Legislature was abroad for medical treatment.


2019 Marshallese general election, Electoral system
The 33 members of the Legislature were elected in 19 single-member constituencies and five multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats in which voters had as many votes as there are seats.


2019 Marshallese general election, Results
Hilda Heine and Kitlang Kabua were the only two women elected, with Kabua becoming the youngest member ever of the legislature at age 28.


2019 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
The 2019 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League season is the second-tier club football competition in Nepal. The season started on 8 February and ended on 5 March. The league did not have promotion to the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League and teams were not relegated to the Martyr's Memorial C-Division League, the bottom teams of each group however will have a one point deduction in the next edition of the league.


2019 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League, Teams
A total of 12 teams compete in the league, including 10 sides from the 2016 season and two sides promoted from the 2016 Martyr's Memorial C-Division League.


2019 Martyr's Memorial C-Division League
The 2019 Martyr's Memorial C-Division League season was the 2019 edition of the third-tier club football competition in Nepal. The season started on 6 March. Khalibari Youth Club were crowned champions on 29 March 2019. However, there was no promotion nor relegation this season.


2019 Martyr's Memorial C-Division League, Teams
A total of 11 teams competed in the league, including nine sides from the 2016 season and two sides relegated from the previous edition of the Martyr's Memorial B-Division League.


2019 Martyr's Memorial C-Division League, Teams, Location
1. Team did not qualify for final stage. Position is determined by inter-group stage performance.


2019 Marvellous 12
The 2019 Marvellous 12 (Chinese: 2019地表最强12人直通赛)  was a qualifying event organized by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Tencent Sports and Shenzhen Municipal Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. It will be held in Shenzhen, China from 28 February to 3 March, 2019. It was the second edition of the tournament, and the second time that it have been held in Shenzhen. Winners and runners-up of the men's and women's singles event, namely Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, and Sun Yingsha, was each guaranteed a spot to represent China in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.


2019 Marvellous 12, Format and Participants
Six top ranked men and women players in China automatically qualify to the events. Six additional players to each event were decided in a closed competition held from 12 to 17 February. Twelve players in each event compete in a Round-Robin format. The winners of each event qualify to the single's event of the World Championships, while the runners-up are each guaranteed a spot in the team's final squad.


2019 Maryland Terrapins baseball team
The 2019 Maryland Terrapins baseball team was a baseball team that represented University of Maryland, College Park in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Terrapins were members of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and played their home games at Shipley Field in College Park, Maryland. They were led by second-year head coach Rob Vaughn.


2019 Maryland Terrapins baseball team, Previous season
The Terrapins finished the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season 24–30 overall (9–14 conference) and ninth place in conference standings, failing to qualify for the Conference Tournament or the NCAA Tournament.


2019 Maryland Terrapins baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft
The following Terrapins on the 2018 roster were selected in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft:


2019 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 2019 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Terrapins played their home games at Maryland Stadium in College Park, Maryland and competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place in the East Division.


2019 Maryland Terrapins football team, Offseason, Previous season
The Terrapins finished with a record of 5–7, making it another losing season in the Big Ten Conference. As a result of the death of player Jordan McNair after a preseason workout, head coach D. J. Durkin was fired in November. Mike Locksley was named to replace Durkin as head coach instead of interim coach Matt Canada.


2019 Maryland Terrapins football team, Offseason, Spring game
Maryland held its annual Red-White spring exhibition game on April 27, 2019. The Red team, led by redshirt junior quarterback and game MVP Tyler DeSue, triumphed over the White team 28–17.


2019 Maryland Terrapins football team, Offseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Maryland was projected to finish in sixth in the East Division.


2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team
The 2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represented the University of Maryland, College Park during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 74th season of the university fielding a program. The Terrapins were led by 27th year head coach, Sasho Cirovski.


2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, Background
The Maryland Terrapins entered the 2019 season as the defending national champions, winning their first national title since 2008, their fourth NCAA National title, and their fifth claimed national title. During the regular season, the Terrapins posted a relatively poor record of 7–6–3 overall, and 4–4 in Big Ten play. In the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, the Terrapins defeated Michigan State in the quarterfinals before losing to Indiana in the semis.


2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, Background
Despite this, the Terrapins had a strong Top 20 RPI and earned an at-large berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament as an 11 seed, allowing them to earn a second round bye. During their tournament won, they did not concede a single goal, and won all their matches in regulation time. Maryland midfielder, Amar Sejdič and Dayne St. Clair earned the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player award for offense and defense, respectively.


2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, Squad information, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Maryland was predicted to finish second in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, 2020 MLS SuperDraft
No Maryland players were selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.


2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
The 2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of cricket matches that were played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales. The first two rounds of fixtures were classed as first-class matches. Each county side played one fixture against an MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2019 County Championship.


2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
In the opening round of fixtures, Alastair Cook scored 150 not out for Essex against Cambridge MCCU, in his first match since retiring from Test cricket. The opening round also saw Somerset beat Cardiff MCCU by 568 runs, a record margin for a first-class match in England. In the third and final round of matches, England Test cricketer Haseeb Hameed scored a double century, albeit in a fixture without first-class status.


2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
In August 2019, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that the 2020 fixtures will be the last ones to have first-class status.


2019 Masters (curling)
The 2019 Masters were held from October 22 to 27, at the North Bay Memorial Gardens in North Bay, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam and first major of the 2019–20 season.


2019 Masters (curling)
In the Men's final, Matt Dunstone beat Brad Gushue 8–5 to win the title. It is Dunstone's first Grand Slam final appearance and victory, having only made it as far as the quarterfinals in all of his previous slams.


2019 Masters (curling)
In the Women's final, Tracy Fleury defeated Sayaka Yoshimura 7–5 to claim the title. It was Fleury's first Grand Slam victory, having finished runner-up at two previous slams. It was also a record set by Yoshimura who is the first women's team from Asia to make a Grand Slam final, excluding defunct events.


2019 Masters (curling)
The total attendance for the event was about 40,000, a record for any Grand Slam event.


2019 Masters (curling), Qualification
The top 15 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standings as of September 17, 2019 qualified for the event. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete.


2019 Masters (curling), Qualification, Men
Top Order of Merit men's teams as of September 17:


2019 Masters (curling), Qualification, Women
Top Order of Merit women's teams as of September 17:


2019 Masters (curling), Men, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).


2019 Masters (curling), Women, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).


2019 Masters (darts)
The 2019 BetVictor Masters was the seventh staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was held from 1–3 February 2019 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.


2019 Masters (darts)
Michael van Gerwen was the four-time defending champion, after defeating Raymond van Barneveld 11–9 in the 2018 final.


2019 Masters (darts)
He successfully defended his title, beating James Wade 11–5 in the final and therefore winning the event for the fifth consecutive time and extending his unbeaten run to 20 matches in the Masters.